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Gridiron. No. 62,437. Patented Feb. 26, I867.-

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Letters Patent No. 62,437, dated February 26, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRIDIRONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1, JAMES T. PAGE, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bread Toasters and Meat Broilers; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device with the coverraised.

Figure 2, a vertical section with the cover closed, and the deviceresting over the pot hole of a stove.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention consists, as a new article of manufacture, in thecombination and arrangement of a groove or channel witha closedreceptacle for placing over the pot hole of a store, so that while thesmoke is prevented from passing into the room, the heat is also confinedwithin the receptacle, thereby facilitating the cooking of the foodplaced therein, and the said groove or channel will catch such grease asruns down the sides of the receptacle, and prevent the same frombesmearing the stove.

As represented in the drawings, A is the receptacle, which is simply arim made of sheet metal, and having within a bed, a, of wire mesh, onwhich the material to be cooked is placed. The rim is provided with acover, I), which shuts down closely over it, and also with a handle, 0,by which it is operated. At the bottom, the rim is turned inward andupward to a suitable extent, so as to form a groove or channel, d, allaround the lower inner periphery, as clearly shown. The great advantageof this arrangement is that while the receptacle is made closed, so thatwhen placed over the fire none of the ofl'cnsive smoke can escape intothe room, at the same time, by confining the heat within the receptacle,the food is much more rapidly and uniformly cooked, and the groove orchannel dwill catch such drippings as run down .the sides of thereceptacle and would otherwise besmear the top of the stove. This is amatter of much importance, for it renders the use of the deviceunattended with difiiculty from this source. The top of the stove willremain clean at all times. The closing of the receptacle will cause theoffensive smoke to be drawn off by the draught oi the stove.

The construction of this. device is very simple and cheap, being made uponly of the'rini and cover. In this respect it is far superior to thosebroilers in which the substance to be broiled is wrapped around a wheelthat is made to turn, and which requires to be boxed up in an expensivemanner.

What i claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, asa new article of manufacture, is-

An open-bottomed sheet-metal utensil having its lower edge turned up tofornrthe annulargroove or channel d, provided with the wire grating 64,and cover I), combined and arranged substantially as and for thepurposes set forth. I I

In witness whereofI have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

J. '1. PAGE.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, J. A. DAVIS.

